12-letter words containing m, a, r, e, n, o
- monostearate — a stearate containing one stearoyl group.
- monotrichate — (of bacteria) having a single flagellum at one pole.
- montebrasite — a mineral, lithium aluminum hydroxyl phosphate, LiAlPO 4 (OH), isomorphous with amblygonite, used as an ore of lithium.
- monterey bay — an inlet of the Pacific in W California. 26 miles (42 km) long.
- montessorian — a system for teaching young children, in which the fundamental aim is self-motivated education by the children themselves, as they are encouraged to move freely through individualized instruction and physical exercises, accompanied by special emphasis on the training of the senses and the early development of reading and writing skills.
- montparnasse — a district in S Paris, France, on the left bank of the Seine: noted for its cafés and the artists and writers who have frequented and lived in the area.
- morigeration — (obsolete) obsequiousness; obedience.
- mornay sauce — a rich white sauce to which grated cheese, usually Swiss or Parmesan, and seasonings have been added
- morris dance — a rural folk dance of north English origin, performed in costume traditionally by men who originally represented characters of the Robin Hood legend, especially in May Day festivities.
- mother-naked — stark naked; as naked as when born.
- motoneuronal — of or pertaining to a motoneuron
- mount carmel — a mountain ridge in NW Israel, extending from the Samarian Hills to the Mediterranean. Highest point: about 540 m (1800 ft)
- mountaineers — Plural form of mountaineer.
- mouse around — To explore public portions of a large system, especially a network such as Internet via FTP or TELNET, looking for interesting stuff to snarf.
- movie rating — a classification of a film as according to the age of viewers thought suitable to see it, and which can differ according to the level in the film of violent content, sexual content, etc
- munro-bagger — a person who climbs as many Munros as possible
- musterbation — Alt form musturbation.
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- name-dropper — a person who indulges in name-dropping.
- nanocomputer — (architecture) /nan'oh-k*m-pyoo'tr/ A computer with molecular-sized switching elements. Designs for mechanical nanocomputers which use single-molecule sliding rods for their logic have been proposed. The controller for a nanobot would be a nanocomputer. Some nanocomputers can also be called quantum computers because quantum physics plays a major role in calculations. Richard P. Feynman is still cited today for his work in this area.
- nanomaterial — A material having particles or constituents of nanoscale dimensions, or one that is produced by nanotechnology.
- narrowminded — Alternative spelling of narrow-minded.
- necromancers — Plural form of necromancer.
- nemorivagant — Lb rare wandering in the woods.
- neoformation — a new and abnormal growth of tissue; tumor; neoplasm.
- neotribalism — Ideology that humans have evolved to live in a tribal, as opposed to a modern society.
- nestorianism — one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.
- neurilemmoma — A schwannoma.
- neuroanatomy — the branch of anatomy dealing with the nervous system.
- neurofibroma — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
- neurohumoral — of or pertaining to a neurohumour
- neuroimaging — (neurology) The generation of images showing brain activity (or activity in other parts of the nervous system). (from 20th c.).
- neurosarcoma — A malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, a form of cancer of the connective tissue surrounding nerves.
- newspaperdom — The realm or sphere of newspaper publishing or journalism.
- nitromannite — mannitol hexanitrate.
- nitromethane — a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid, CH 3 NO 2 , used chiefly as a solvent, rocket fuel, and gasoline additive and in organic synthesis.
- nitrosamines — Plural form of nitrosamine.
- no harm done — If you say that there is no harm done, you are telling someone not to worry about something that has happened because it has not caused any serious injury or damage.
- noise margin — (electronics) The voltage difference between the guaranteed output level and the required input voltage level of a logic gate.
- nomenclators — Plural form of nomenclator.
- nomenclature — a set or system of names or terms, as those used in a particular science or art, by an individual or community, etc.
- nomenklatura — a select list or class of people from which appointees for top-level government positions are drawn, especially from a Communist Party.
- non-marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
- non-material — not material or composed of matter.
- non-metrical — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
- non-monetary — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
- non-remedial — affording remedy; tending to remedy something.
- non-terminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- nonagreement — Absence of agreement; disagreement, discord.
- nonclemature — Misspelling of nomenclature.